2 SI brothers $1M-a-year pot growing scheme goes up in Smoke

Taking the idea of urban farming to new heights ,two pot-growing Staten Island brothers were busted for running a $1 million-a-year marijuana growing operation out of a modest Staten Island home. Keith, 47, and his brother Craig Harrigan, 49, were arrested yesterday after narcotics cops raided their Rosebank residence and discovered a sophisticated growhouse, including [...]

Voodoo blamed for deadly Brooklyn fire

A huge, five-alarm fire that killed an elderly Brooklyn woman was started by candles placed on the floor near a bed while a man and woman were having sex after a voodoo ritual. Fire marshals confirmed that the Feb. 20 blaze at 346 East 29th St. in Flatbush that escalated to a five alarm fire all started by black magic and voodoo sex ritual .

New York Cabby returns $75,000 worth of Jewelry

A hard working humble and honest cabby Jalloh turned down a very upscale dinner in his honor last night after returning a bag containing $75,000 worth of jewelry that had been left in his taxi.

Do you have a bad case of the winter blues?

Do you have a bad case of the winter blues? It seems when those cold winter days get shorter, colder and darker, many people are over whelmed by a sense of melancholy or depression . If so, you’re not alone and data suggests that Twenty percent of the people in the United States react to [...]

Cancer Scientist Loses Two Years of Critical Research When Laptop Stolen

According to PCIC Backup Solutions based in Paramus New Jersey ,”There’s no question your systems are going to fail at some point with resulting loss of data – “it’s a 100 percent certainty.” The only question is when. And businesses that don’t adequately protect their data will inevitably suffer.”

50 strippers sue Rick’s Cabaret

Announcing the suit can move forward Manhattan federal Judge John Koeltl said the gals “have met their burden” in alleging that Rick’s Cabaret International “was their employer under the ‘economic reality’ test.”

All’s fair in love and divorce

A Manhattan man is threatening to release a sex tape of his estranged wife doing a striptease. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Lily Shang says hubby David Glenn Rucker has told her he’ll post “intimate” videos they made on the World Wide Web unless she cuts him a good deal in their pending divorce.

Blizzard of 2010 set to dump 16 inches of Snow in Central Park

Break out the shovels and driveway salt the big blow is on the way .The blizzard of 2010 that could dump as much as 16 inches of snow is expected to slam the city starting this afternoon. Forecasters are predicting the Nor’easter will drop at least 11 inches of the white stuff in Central Park and across the metropolitan area, with more than a foot possible in interior Connecticut.

A tree grows at the Sept. 11 Memorial Plaza

A Callery Pear tree damaged at the World Trade Center site during the September 11th attacks has been nursed back to health and replanted at ground zero.

Tuesday will usher in the first lunar eclipse during a winter solstice in 456 years

For the first time in 456 years this year’s winter solstice will coincide with a full lunar eclipse. This celestial eccentricity holds very special significance for the many that believe in the energy of the winter solstice. The solstice signifies the shortest day of the year often a time that is associated with the rebirth of the sun.